WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County Police are looking for a 12-year-old Ossining boy who did not come home Thursday night.

The police are asking for the public's assistance in finding Brayan Roberto Mendez. He is described as being 5-foot-6, 135 pounds with short black hair. He was last seen wearing black glasses, a blue polo shirt, blue shorts and red sneakers.

The boy was last seen yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of 239 North Broadway in Sleepy Hollow, police said. He is known to frequent parks and cemeteries, police said.

County police have been searching the Sleepy Hollow and Ossining areas in an effort to find him and law enforcement in Westchester and beyond has been notified.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the county police at 914-864-7700. Anyone who sees the boy should call 911 immediately.